Not your daddy: Gay silver foxes defy age with sex appeal
bears in the 1970s, silver foxes aren’t necessarily a gay subculture. The look permeates Hollywood, the fashion industry, and men of all ages.
Famous figures given this title typically have success and charisma as enviable as their looks. You can say the whole package, like the guy everyone wants to marry.The Advocate dubbed 2008 “The Age of the Silver Fox,” channeling the likes of Anderson Cooper and George Clooney – who, by the way, are all still silver foxes!
That’s the beauty of the phenomenon and how it defies stereotypes associated with aging. Take care of yourself, and you might be a sex icon for the rest of your days.
Pedro Pascal, anyone?But whose silver came first? A 1995 obituary in the New York Times reveals the title was given to country singer Charlie Rich during his peak in the 1970s, which means it’s also possible the gays invented it since that was around the same time as the birth of gay subcultures.
